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Mobile Monday Hosts Inaugural Brooklyn Event (#MoMoBk)

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MobileMondayBrooklyn Mobile Monday hosted its first event in Brooklyn last night, Mobile Monday Brooklyn or #MoMoBk on Twitter.  Sponsored by RRE Ventures, the event consisted of networking and nine mobile applications presentations by NYC-based developers, incuding:

- Hot Potato: The application, only available for the Apple iPhone, currently allows users to chat and share photos in a "chat room" like environment on their phone.  The next version, due out before SXSW Interactive, is expected to have audio and video capabilities.

- Big Mapple: Currently available only on the Web, this application allows users to see nearby events on a map of their neighborhood. 

- Sit or Squat: The brainchild of one of the co-inventors, this application was developed to help her locate bathrooms in Manhattan's Midtown neighborhood.  Originally, it listed all of the bathrooms she had on her blog, but now, its database consists of restrooms submitted by users.

- BeerCloud: This Drupal-powered application was described as a "Wikipedia" for beer.

- NYC Broken Meters: This application assists users in finding broken parking meters in New York City where, according to law, parking is legal and free.

- Where Brooklyn App?: Developed by DUMBO, Brooklyn-based Carrot Creative in their Carrot Labs, this applicaton enables users to find out historical information about the borough, the locations of parks, upload photos via Flickr, and find out more about trending venues from Foursquare.

- Primo Spot: This paid application allows users to view parking regulations based on where they plan to park.

- Stylecaster: Due to a technical snafu, this application's creators were not able to show attendees what it does, but they informed the audience that it offers suggestions on what to wear based on the current weather wherever you are in the world.

- PegShot: The final presentation involved sample images which had been "pegged" to a specific location and shared via services such as Twitter and Facebook.

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